The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-26

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Yesillere Ns,o Eriinceton. She is the
danghter:o a Georgia lawyer, lcng resi-.
dent ii n Orleans, q man Of culture
sand literary ability, and to him she
gclaimssto owe much of her success. As
might have been inferred from her sto-
sTies, heswas educated dsat Creole schools.
Richard Malcolm Johnston, author Of
esborough Tales and Of numerous
stories Of Georgia life, several sof which
appear; every year in :HEarper,s or Tthe
Century, was boln n in Middle Georgia in
1892. His fathers as s:well as his moth
sef's family were from Virginia. Dukes.
$iborough is the village Poweltop, where
s:the family long resided. He was gradu-
Eatsd from Mercer College, taughta year,
gthensbegan the practice flaw. II 1857
ne declined Judgeship Of the North
zern Circuit to accept the chair of Bellies.
Lsttres sinE the University of Georgia.
During the var he opened school for
shoysa Sparta, whence he removed in
1867 to Baltimore County, Maryland,
taking forty Georgia boys with him. The
.iirst issue Of 'Dukesb sborough Tales" was
spublished in the old 6 Southern Magazine" !"
His experience and observation as q
school boy in the old field schools aud as
! 3 lawyer an on: the: circuit furnished him the
material for his stories. He was IS be-
forsthe; began TO devote himself seriously
sto literature. He efis the author also, in
conipnction With DR., w II. Browne, of
Johns Hopkins, of a Biography of
sAlex,aa,lndersH. Stephens. = and of q ellis.
{ tory Of English Literature. ..
Sss, Joel Chandler Harris was born Of
humble. parents in the village of eaton.
I Ston; Putnam County, Georgia, Decem.
sber,, lS4S. The aY Yicar Of Wakefield"
sHhich: Hi, mother read aloud when he
IN, was 3 small boy, sfrat kindled in him the
desire Co write, the result being a series.
s.off short stories, which he doubtless kept
Eto. himself. in which the. conversational
Scapacitysof the characters was limited to
The sinngie exclamation aFndge Z, AS is.
well known, he is on, the staff Of the
Atlanta Constitution. He began his
career as a Journalist ut the age Of H.
when he became printer apprentice in
The Office of the Countyman," a little
weekly paper published on Georgia
plantation tsns miles from postofice.
At this time he used, sometimes, to com.
pose articles whilo standing at the case,
which attracted the attention Of the
editor ia such: away that he began to
21end him books. His further career is
familiar to all.
Thomas Nelson Page, who became fa-
mous three years ago by his story "Marse
sOhan,,oathe most exquisite story of the
war thatshas yet appeared" and whose
Meh Lady, ,..Polly," etc, have sustain.
sed his reputation, is young lawyer of
Richmond and 3 scion Of one of the
oldest, most aristocratic families in Vir-
sginia. He mas born April %, 1853, at
Qaklands, an old family estate in Hanoi
over County. His first instructors are
said to have been his aunt, who taught
him 70 read in, the Prayer Book and the
Wayerley Novels, and the old carriage
driver. He was educated at Washington
:iand Lee University, paying more atten.
slon g 5lne debating society and the
s. college,: paper tnan 70 the curriculum. q
sYolnme q ms co'.ectea Stones VIII soon